Rainfall since the last two days in the district has been beneficial in all aspects, to say the least. It has brought copious inflows into projects, improved groundwater level and destroyed all pest on standing crop, much to the relief of the farming community.
“The rainfall has washed away whatever pest there was on cotton crop,” pointed out farmer Jadhav Anasuya of Sawargaon in Neredigonda mandal, who entered her field for the first time since the rain on September 16. “We can now expect a bumper harvest provided there is no further rainfall,” he added.
This phase of rainfall has also obliterated the deficit in monsoon so that the number of mandals showing less than normal rainfall has fallen from 40 to 14 and the number of those recording normal rainfall has risen to 38.
The actual rainfall received since June 1 is about 800 mm against a normal of 935 mm.
Almost all the projects are at full reservoir level after receiving good inflows and water released from Mathadivagu and Kumram Bheem project.
Though there was no discharge from Kumram Bheem project on Friday, about 28,000 cusecs was released by lifting 5 gates the previous day.
Source : The Hindu
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